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Post by Reef. on Dec 22, 2008 14:32:11 GMT
does anyone dream up stories and things but never actually get round to writing them? i do that all the time! dont think i've ever got further than about 20pages in a story lol
the one i'm weighing up writing just now is kinda gay, kinda immature fantastical type thing. it would be settled around royalty in another land, with betrayal and twists round every corner! i've got my shakespeare-esque comedy characters figured out and murder, love and everything.... i'll elaborate it if you like, never actually gonna get round to writing it anyways so i dont care about copyright! lol
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Post by norsu on Dec 22, 2008 23:55:24 GMT
I have a ton of good ideas for stories, or even paragraphs for a story I don't even have an idea for.
I want to write a story about an animal in a zoo, from it's point of view.
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Post by Reef. on Dec 23, 2008 13:39:04 GMT
cool, what kind of adventure would that animal have? or do you mean a short descriptive peice of entrapment?
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Post by Kcx on Dec 24, 2008 2:06:55 GMT
Yeah, Im kinda like the person to get the first few chapters done, then quit. But as well, I try to think more often of the book. I am currently into the third chapter of one of my books, of which shall be the second book in a series. And I've been using a lot of good Imegry, from what my Core Extention teacher told me.
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Post by Reef. on Dec 24, 2008 16:18:40 GMT
my english teacher said she assumed i'd go off to do english at university level but i really hated her, and what she turned the subject into for me so i dropped it 2 years ago. kinda makes me feel bad that i have absolutely no formal creative writing teaching lol
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Post by norsu on Dec 24, 2008 16:28:53 GMT
LOL, I don't understand those classes anyway. If you are creative, you shouldn't go to a class so that they can cramp your style, you know?
And to answer your question Reef, it'd be like a children's short chapter or picture book. Just about like, a polar bear and a day in his life in a zoo or something.
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Post by Reef. on Dec 24, 2008 16:36:08 GMT
yes deffinately! at least i know the difference between a simile and a metaphor! lol but how good can my writing ever be if i dont like reading? at least itll turn out.... "original" lol
aww thatd be cute! i'd love to do a kid's picture book
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Post by norsu on Dec 24, 2008 18:14:04 GMT
I know. I love how you don't really have to think to hard to write them, except having a limit of 100 words or something like that would be a real challenge. One thing I can't stand are those "Level 1" reading books that are like this:
Jimmy has a dog. Jimmy has a dog that likes to jump. Jimmy has a dog that likes to bark. Jimmy likes to walk with his dog. Jimmy likes to play with his dog.
Why not just be like, Jimmy has a dog that likes to jump and bark. He likes to walk and play with his dog.
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Post by Reef. on Dec 26, 2008 23:39:30 GMT
hmm that doesnt sound like it'd really inspire kids to read! have you ever heard of the Mr Men and Little Miss books? those were my favourites as a kid
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Post by norsu on Dec 27, 2008 0:05:09 GMT
Nope, have you ever heard of Amelia Bedilia? I still love her!
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Post by Reef. on Dec 27, 2008 0:30:15 GMT
nope, but i've heard of angelina ballerina! lol kids books are all the same... the illustrations are the best bits. what was the first full novel you read? think mine was Moon Filly by.... elyne mitchell? i think
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Post by norsu on Dec 27, 2008 16:06:05 GMT
Hmm... probably like, Charolette's Web or something. Does that count lol?
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Post by Reef. on Dec 27, 2008 16:13:49 GMT
lol yea! thats the one abot the spider? i never read it or watched the film... i feel so uncultured!
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Post by norsu on Dec 27, 2008 16:15:58 GMT
OMG! RED ALERT REEF'S NEVER SEEN CHAROLETTE'S WEB OR READ IT! RED ALERT!
Yes, it's the one with a spider. God, Reef. You are uncultured!
I hate the new movie with Dakota Fanning. The old cartoon version is much better.
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Post by Reef. on Dec 27, 2008 16:32:15 GMT
i think dakota fannings a really good actress... have you ever seen Babe?
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